A piece of glass has an index of refraction of 1.5 and is submerged in water with n=1.33. A beam of monochrome light is incident on the glass and is refracted. (a) Find the angle of refraction if the angle of incidence is 32⁰. (b) Now, assume that the light is initially in the glass and incident on the glass-water surface. What is the refraction of light?

A piece of glass has an index of refraction of 1.5 and is submerged in water with n=1.33. A beam of monochrome light is incident on the glass and is refracted. (a) Find the angle of refraction if the angle of incidence is 32⁰. (b) Now, assume that the light is initially in the glass and incident on the glass-water surface. What is the refraction of light?

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A piece of glass has an index of refraction of 1.5
and is submerged in water with n=1.33. A beam
of monochrome light is incident on the glass and
is refracted.
(a) Find the angle of refraction if the angle of
incidence is 32⁰.
(b) Now, assume that the light is initially in the
glass and incident on the glass-water surface.
What is the refraction of light?

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